The benefits of eating vegetables are certain. The Risk of developing a disease with red meat intake is also certain. Now comes a study showing that by merely cutting your intake of red meat by half, will also result in fewer cases of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
In this study done in Cambridge, by cutting your intake of a burger by 1/2 in terms of amount, you cut your risk of developing bowel cancer and diabetes by 12%…
In an earlier study also in BMJ… by consuming red meat less than 42 gm/day…equivalent to a size of a small burger…one is able to cut the risk of death by 9%!!!
The study merely emphasizes… be particular with amount… lean meat will continue to be an important source of protein.
Portion sizes of veggies, meat and carbohydrates with fruit in a plate should continue to be the mainstay of what is nutritious, healthy and fun in eating….
September 12, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Thanks Doc Gerry! I refrain from frequent eating of red meat. Talagsa pa sa 1x/month and my blood chemistry improved. Well, ang maintenance talagang parang pagkain na raw as per my Doctor. Is this true (need your 2nd opinion, please)? My frequent headaches, joints, tiredness also disappeared. Regards…
September 13, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Hello marsh… clarify bai what u mean by eating raw….
Ty for reading
July 12, 2013 at 1:58 pm
Hi Doc, sorry karon ra jud nako nakita ang reply. Sorry for my inappropriate tagalog word – “raw” means “daw”. Regards…
July 27, 2014 at 8:55 am
Excellent article. I will be facing many of these
issues as well..